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• “Face of Many Mirrors” – Amit Herlekar

  By Adam Levon Brown on July 17, 2016 • ( 4 )

  

  Face of Many Mirrors   A jolly kid facing a tall frame of glass Began admiring himself at the reflection His eyes squinted, twinkling with curiosity Oh! What a delight it was to see that boy! His head held high,… Read More ›

• “Black or White” – Cynthia Howton

  By Adam Levon Brown on July 16, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Black or White   Black or white this creature blends her true stripes Is she fooling herself? Is she a fool herself? Moving in a blur I can’t witness her defined lines   I am angel of truth and lies… Read More ›

• “If My Body Was A Poem” – Maddie Godfrey

  By Adam Levon Brown on July 10, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  If My Body Was A Poem if my body was a poem it would be, short would laugh too loud, hold the microphone too close if my body was a poem, the audience would not be still would writhe and… Read More ›

• “Eternal River” – Deepa Chandran Ram

  By Adam Levon Brown on July 9, 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  Eternal River Sun’s blaze broils thick flesh of clouds pinnacled low on mountain high. Arista of measureless streams born of thousand native names flow downstream like a damsel of golden tresses and bee hives in her lip curls, wailing over… Read More ›

• “Then” – Joan McNerney

  By Adam Levon Brown on July 3, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Then Before twenty two I swore to stay single. I’d be a monkey’s aunt before becoming a slave to any man giving up my name losing my ambition subordinate to HIM. 9 to 5 bad enough forget  24/7! Crazy lazy,… Read More ›

• In This Catching – C. Steven Blue

  By Adam Levon Brown on July 2, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  In This Catching   You look to me . . .   like somebody throwing up roses a prescient and perceptive human being   you look to me . . .   like someone who doesn’t do poses a peachy-skinned… Read More ›

• “These August Nights, Those Fairground Lights” – Tonya Eberhard

  By Adam Levon Brown on June 26, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  These August Nights, Those Fairground Lights   those wild summer nights of these fairground lights eyeless but blinking   nighttime carousel rides, a counter-clockwise fairytale. those speared wooden horses   eyes twinkling with malicious intent, forever riding ‘round and ‘round… Read More ›

• “Lakota Saw Her Too” – Valormore De Plume

  By Adam Levon Brown on June 25, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

    The morning is starting with a primordial panorama. Warm fog hangs low, stuffing the valleys with cottony pillows. Scattered about, rocky outcrops of the higher peaks protrude from under the blanket of vapors, rendering the likeness of a Jurassic… Read More ›

• “The House Where Cats Go” – Susan Wingate

  By Adam Levon Brown on June 19, 2016 • ( 3 )

  

  The House Where Cats Go I visited, last night, the house where cats go. Its walls are smooth stucco and white and it sits on a hill with a chain-link fence that guards it. The chain-link fence cuts off entrance… Read More ›

• “I am a Coal Miner” – Daniel MacFadyen

  By Adam Levon Brown on June 18, 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  I am a Coal Miner   I have always been a coal miner, struggled in the dank dark to chip a way at life in what is dark and cold .   I can rise every day to the red… Read More ›